Difference between revisions of "almajiri"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
almajiri: Person wey be sey e dey go islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
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Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
#: {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(The government built a school for the seekers of Islamic knowledge.( Egbokhare))}}
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*: {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(The government built a Koranic school. EGBOKHARE 2020)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(The almajiris are begging on the street.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''Almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(The politicians have perfected the use of almajiris to rig election.)}}
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*: {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street. EGBOKHARE 2020)}}
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*: {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election. EGBOKHARE 2020)}}
  
 
====Related forms====
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: Almajiri, which means seeker of Islamic knowledge, it is a system of Islamic Education in Nigeria.
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* English: Koranic school pupil.

Revision as of 18:07, 29 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: Hausa almajiri, 'pupil'. Cf Arabic al-muhājir.

Pronunciation

  • àmádʒìrí

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 28823

Usage

De dey use am for North.

Noun

Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.

  • Government build almajiri school.  — (The government built a Koranic school. EGBOKHARE 2020)
  • Almajiri dem dey beg for road.  — (The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street. EGBOKHARE 2020)
  • Politician dem don sabi how to use almajiri dem to scata election.  — (The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election. EGBOKHARE 2020)

Related forms

alfa imam mallam


Translations

  • English: Koranic school pupil.